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Commission adds lighting condition to special‑use permit for Avis overflow lot
Summary
The Planning Commission approved a special use permit allowing a car‑rental company to use a rear parcel for overflow parking, but commissioners added a requirement for a lighting plan and review to limit spillover toward nearby residences.
The Independence Planning Commission approved a special use permit (case 2620003) to allow a car‑rental agency to use an existing paved lot behind a commercial strip as overflow parking, but commissioners added a condition requiring a lighting plan that minimizes spillover onto adjacent residential properties.
Staff said the site is a second‑tier parcel off Nolan Road with an existing paved area and a natural berm along the property line that will be supplemented with landscaping to buffer neighboring homes. Staff recommended approval with standard conditions and noted the site will require building permits for any future lighting installations.
Attorney Bill Moore, speaking for owner Marshall Blount and on behalf of the tenant Avis, said the lot had previously been used as overflow parking and was being revived to address vehicles displaced from the tenant’s primary office. Moore said the owner plans paving, restriping, fencing and ‘‘security lighting that would be designed to provide security to the rental cars ... but not interfere with adversely with anyone else.’’ He also noted evidence of prior homeless encampments on the lot and said improvements should reduce that activity.
Commissioners asked about buffering, whether existing trees would be saved, and where lighting would be placed. Commissioner Nesbet suggested lighting fixtures should be aimed away from the residences; staff and the applicant indicated that site lighting would be downward‑facing and required to meet city code. The commission added language requiring a lighting plan (with full‑shield fixtures and limited spillover) before final approval moves forward.
The motion to approve the special use permit with the added lighting requirement passed 6–1. The applicant said he would provide more detail on landscaping, cameras and fencing as the project proceeds through permitting.
Next steps include submittal of required building permits for lighting and final site improvements and staff review of any future electrical or drainage work.
